Car-step.



I. I. RADULESGU.

GAR STEP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12, 1912. 1,064,993, Patented June 17, 1913.

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ILIE I. RADULESCU, OF ELLWOOD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-STER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17,1913.

Application filed December 12, 1912. Serial No. 736,356.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ILIE I. RADULESOU, a subject of the King ofRoumania, residing at Ellwood City, in the county of Lawrence, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Steps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in extension steps forrailway cars, and has for its object to provide a device of thischaracter so constructed that the same may be raised or lowered in asimple manner when desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter wherein an attendant may upon manipulation of a lever operatethe auxiliary step and move the same in close proximity to the platformor the ground to aid the passenger in alighting, said step being adaptedto be folded conveniently under the usual steps when not in use.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of aportion of a car step showing the device in its unfolded position. Fig.2 is a similar view showing the device folded. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of the auxiliarystep. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the device, the step being unfolded.Fig. 6 is an end view of the device the step being folded.

Referring to the drawin the numeral 1 designates the usual steps of arailway car, which is of the usual construction.

A. pair of strap metal bars 2 are provided, and are suitably secured tothe risers and steps, which effectually brace the same, said strapshaving their lower ends terminating in eyes 3 positioned under theforward edge of the lowermost step.

A shaft 4 is supported in the eyes 3, said shafthaving its outer endsupported in an eye 5, said eye bein carried by the outer edge of thevestibule end (3. The shaft terminates at its outer end in an arm 7,said arm being provided at its outer end with an eye 8.

A lever 9 is provided and is formed at its lower end with a loop 10which pivotally engages a pin 11 carried by the vestibule end 6, saidloop terminating in a curved arm 12. The curved arm 12 has its lower endprovided with an eye 13 which interlocks with the eye 8 carried by thearm 7.

The inner end of the rod & terminates in a right angled arm 1 1, thelower end of which terminates in an arm 15, said arm being disposed atright angles to the arm 14:.

The arm 15 is secured in any suitable manner to the under surface of theauxiliary step 16, said step being provided with a riser 17 and to whicnthe arm 14 is secured in any suitable manner. A pair of strap metal bars18 engage the riser l7 and step 16 and have their upper ends providedwith eyes 19 which engage the rod at adjacent the eyes 3 of the bar 2.

Secured to the vestibule end 6 are spaced lugs 20 and 21, said lugsbeing adapted to engage the lever 9 to hold the step in its lowered orraised position.

YV hen the step is in its folded position, the lever engages the lug 21,and when it is desired to lower the step the lever is removed fromengagement with said lug and is moved forwardly and into engagement withthe lug 20 during which time the shaft 1- has been rocked through themedium of the arms 12 and 7, thus positioning the step in convenientrelation to the plat-form or ground.

What is claimed is The combination with the usual steps of a railwaycar, of a rod pivotally supported by the lowermost step, said rod havingan arm arranged at right angles thereto, said arm terminating in an armarranged at right angles to the first named arm, an auxiliary stepincluding a riser, said step and riser being secured to the respectivearms, eyes carried by the riser and connected to the rod, said rodhaving its outer end terminating in an arm, an eye formed upon said arm,a lever having its lower end provided with a loop, said loop beingpivotally connected to the vestibule end of the car,

saicl loop terminating in a curved. arm hav- In testimony whereof, Iafiix my signa- 1ng' an eye formed therewlth adapted to hire, 1npresence of two wltnesses.

interlock with the eye formed upon the short arm, and means carried bythe vesti- ILIE RADULESOU' bule end to engage the lever to hold the\Vit-nesses:

auxiliary step 1n 1ts raised or lowered D. C. HANGHER,

position. B. I. NICHOLAS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1). C.

